Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 31 23
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 -16
Contract jobs citing Azure 117 23 32
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 11.69% 6.44% 7.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.35% 20.91% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 17 26
10th Percentile £412 £185 £185
25th Percentile £461 £350 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £450 £423
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% +6.51% -23.18%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £443
90th Percentile £669 £543 £544
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +17.65% -8.11% -14.35%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 444 110 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 44.36% 30.81% 25.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 89 74
10th Percentile £338 £185 £185
25th Percentile £413 £400 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £513 £430
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +19.19% -21.82%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £542
90th Percentile £638 £650 £600
Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.20
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £65.71 £15.00
% change year-on-year -14.01% +338.05% -65.32%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +6 113 £505 +12.22% 27
Doncaster - 2 £525 - 4
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.27%) Confluence
3 3 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) nginx
4 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.85%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (59.83%) AWS
2 67 (57.26%) GCP
3 21 (17.95%) Entra ID
4 20 (17.09%) OpenShift
5 17 (14.53%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (11.11%) GitHub
7 10 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (8.55%) Power Platform
8 7 (5.98%) SaaS
9 5 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (4.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (4.27%) OneDrive
10 4 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (3.42%) Azure Storage
10 4 (3.42%) ChatGPT
10 4 (3.42%) Serverless
11 3 (2.56%) Azure Functions
11 3 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.55%) Firewall
2 8 (6.84%) DNS
3 7 (5.98%) SAN
4 6 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.42%) Kerberos
5 4 (3.42%) VPN
6 3 (2.56%) VSAN
7 2 (1.71%) NAS
7 2 (1.71%) Network Security
7 2 (1.71%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (1.71%) SSL
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.85%) DHCP
8 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.85%) HTTP
8 1 (0.85%) Internet
8 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.85%) LAN
8 1 (0.85%) VLAN
8 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.84%) Power BI
3 5 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.27%) MySQL
4 4 (3.42%) Neo4j
5 3 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.56%) Big Data
5 3 (2.56%) Delta Lake
5 3 (2.56%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.85%) DB2
7 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.85%) Parquet
7 1 (0.85%) Redis
7 1 (0.85%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (26.50%) Jenkins
2 25 (21.37%) GitLab
3 24 (20.51%) JIRA
4 14 (11.97%) Selenium
5 13 (11.11%) Cucumber
5 13 (11.11%) REST Assured
6 12 (10.26%) Postman
7 8 (6.84%) Git
8 5 (4.27%) Gatling
8 5 (4.27%) JMeter
8 5 (4.27%) TestRail
9 4 (3.42%) LoadRunner
9 4 (3.42%) NeoLoad
10 3 (2.56%) CircleCI
11 2 (1.71%) JUnit
11 2 (1.71%) Maven
11 2 (1.71%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.85%) Fiddler
12 1 (0.85%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (39.32%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.35%) Finance
3 24 (20.51%) Banking
4 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.27%) Law
5 5 (4.27%) Legal
6 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.85%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (19.66%) Lead
2 17 (14.53%) Architect
2 17 (14.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (8.55%) Test Automation Engineer
3 10 (8.55%) Test Engineer
4 7 (5.98%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (5.13%) Automation Test Lead
5 6 (5.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 6 (5.13%) Test Leader
6 5 (4.27%) Consultant
6 5 (4.27%) Data Engineer
6 5 (4.27%) Senior
6 5 (4.27%) Test Architect
6 5 (4.27%) Test Automation Architect
7 4 (3.42%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (3.42%) Developer
7 4 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.42%) NetApp Engineer
7 4 (3.42%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.51%) REST
2 23 (19.66%) OpenID
3 22 (18.80%) LDAP
4 16 (13.68%) SailPoint
5 8 (6.84%) OAuth
6 7 (5.98%) Middleware
6 7 (5.98%) SAML
7 6 (5.13%) .NET
8 5 (4.27%) Kafka
8 5 (4.27%) Playwright
8 5 (4.27%) Spring Boot
9 4 (3.42%) ARM Templates
10 3 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (2.56%) JSON
10 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (2.56%) OAuth2
10 3 (2.56%) PySpark
10 3 (2.56%) RESTful
11 2 (1.71%) Node.js
11 2 (1.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Cloud Native
1 17 (14.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.84%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.98%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.27%) FlexPod
6 4 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.42%) IoT
7 3 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.71%) Replication
9 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.85%) EMC VMAX
9 1 (0.85%) EMC VNX
9 1 (0.85%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.53%) Linux
2 8 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (5.98%) VMS
4 6 (5.13%) Data ONTAP
4 6 (5.13%) Windows
5 5 (4.27%) CoreOS
6 4 (3.42%) Unix
7 1 (0.85%) CentOS
7 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (53.85%) DevOps
2 58 (49.57%) CI/CD
3 30 (25.64%) Containerisation
4 23 (19.66%) Agile
4 23 (19.66%) Test Automation
5 22 (18.80%) Migration
5 22 (18.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (17.09%) Identity Access Management
7 19 (16.24%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (16.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (15.38%) Observability
9 17 (14.53%) Analytics
9 17 (14.53%) Data Ingestion
9 17 (14.53%) ETL
10 16 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (12.82%) API Testing
11 15 (12.82%) Roadmaps
11 15 (12.82%) Test Strategy
12 14 (11.97%) AI
Programming Languages
1 36 (30.77%) Python
2 28 (23.93%) Java
3 25 (21.37%) SQL
4 14 (11.97%) Bash
5 13 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 6 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.27%) Go
7 5 (4.27%) PHP
8 4 (3.42%) Cypher
8 4 (3.42%) Groovy
8 4 (3.42%) Scala
8 4 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.56%) Bicep
9 3 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.85%) C#
10 1 (0.85%) X++
Qualifications
1 6 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.27%) OCP
2 5 (4.27%) Oracle Certification
3 4 (3.42%) Degree
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.71%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.85%) CCA
5 1 (0.85%) CISM
5 1 (0.85%) CISSP
5 1 (0.85%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.85%) NCDA
5 1 (0.85%) NCIE
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) QA
2 4 (3.42%) SLA
3 3 (2.56%) GDPR
3 3 (2.56%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.56%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.56%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.71%) NIST
5 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.85%) GRC
5 1 (0.85%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (16.24%) Docker
2 14 (11.97%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (10.26%) Active Directory
4 11 (9.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (7.69%) vSphere
6 7 (5.98%) NFS
7 5 (4.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.71%) KVM
9 2 (1.71%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.85%) Ceph
10 1 (0.85%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.85%) QEMU
10 1 (0.85%) SRDF
10 1 (0.85%) XenApp
10 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (34.19%) Kubernetes
2 31 (26.50%) Terraform
3 23 (19.66%) Ansible
4 10 (8.55%) Grafana
5 6 (5.13%) SnapMirror
6 5 (4.27%) Prometheus
7 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.71%) Argo
8 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.85%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.85%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.85%) Istio
9 1 (0.85%) Kibana
9 1 (0.85%) logstash
9 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.85%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 26 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.09%) Google
2 20 (17.09%) ServiceNow
3 11 (9.40%) VMware
4 9 (7.69%) Oracle
4 9 (7.69%) Red Hat
5 8 (6.84%) NetApp
5 8 (6.84%) Splunk
6 7 (5.98%) Databricks
6 7 (5.98%) OpenAI
7 4 (3.42%) Alibaba
8 3 (2.56%) AppDynamics
8 3 (2.56%) Aruba
8 3 (2.56%) Cisco
8 3 (2.56%) F5
8 3 (2.56%) IBM
8 3 (2.56%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.71%) EMC
9 2 (1.71%) Ping Identity
9 2 (1.71%) Salesforce